the worst question a pc user has aksed you

[tazo]

what is the worst question a pc user has asked you?

for me it would have to be: "Isn't it true you cannot put a cd burner in your comp? like apple has to do it.."
:)

share. :)

[mbustamante]

I would have to say "Is their a good Virus Portection Porgram Installed?"

[Wes]

Not a question, but it bugs me when pc users send .exe's. GRRR I don't want to start up VPC.

[evoluzione]

"you have an iMac? what version of windows does that run then?" a serious question to which I replied, whatever version you like, although i'd advise against any of them.

[Giaguara]

normal question is is there any software for macs? (legal software, and warez).

i normally send a link to versiontracker for those that ask, and tell there is at least the same counterculture (warez) as for pcs, if they want to find it.

if there are any good games.. i just tell them my favorite game hasn't been released for pcs :D

i love when i get stupid windows viruses in email. i fwd them to f-secure with my .mac account normally asking if that is a virus for windows. if it is they tell me what it is and ask me to remove the file from my system etc. i forward then the viruses to a friend that has 4 macs and makes a virus collection (of mainloy windows viruses).

[Megaquad]

some of them here have already been said but they annoy me anyway:

1. amazement when they first see blueberry imac, like.. wtf is this why you have kid toy

2. I brought you this (PC) game, lets play it

3. sending me .exe and making me download PC software.. asking for windows

4. where is your floppy drive? (aaarghhhh), i dont like your mac just because it doesnt have floppy drive

5. you cant run apps on mac

yet, 2 of my friends were sorry they bought PC, and few more want to switch.. but value for money is poor :(

they even defend mac saying experience and OSX rules

[LethalWolfe]

"Is it a laptop or a desktop?"

The question posed to me by a CompUSA rep over the phone when I asked if they had any 800mhz superdrive iMacs in stock.


Lethal

[XnavxeMiyyep]

1. "Why would you buy a computer if you can't play Counterstrike on it?"
2. "Why don't you have a floppy drive?"
3. "Don't you hate it when your computer crashes?"

[sparks9]

Can Apple computers use ordinary ethernet cables?

[krhodus]

"wow! what version of windows it that?"

"is the internet the same on mac?"

"bring over your imac, we can put xp on it."

I know someone who actaully did this, and screwed up his imac.

[Gelfin]

Originally posted by Wes
Not a question, but it bugs me when pc users send .exe's. GRRR I don't want to start up VPC.

Hey, but at least you can. I've made a number of Windows users' jaws hit the floor when I fire up Win2K in a window on my Powerbook.

My favorite bad question: "If I send you email from my PC, you won't be able to read it, will you?"

[bwawn]

Originally posted by krhodus
"bring over your imac, we can put xp on it."

I know someone who actaully did this, and screwed up his imac.

I'm sorry, but that makes no sense.

[tazo]

Originally posted by bwawn
I'm sorry, but that makes no sense.

i know i was just thinking that. these are some great and funny responses:)

[arogge]

Induhvidual looks at PowerBook G4: "Is that the new Sony?"
Induhvidual looks at OS X Desktop: "Which [Windows] XP theme is that?"

[tazo]

Originally posted by arogge
Induhvidual looks at PowerBook G4: "Is that the new Sony?"
Induhvidual looks at OS X Desktop: "Which [Windows] XP theme is that?"

dear. god. :D

[iMook]

"The other [right-click mouse] button does the same thing?"

Sorry, I'm a PC guy, so haven't had much experience with dumbass PC guys asking Mac questions.

[pyrotoaster]

When the discussion turns to my iMac:
"But you can't upgrade your video card!"

While it's true, I always explain that I don't need to because Macs ship with good video cards (and in my case, I have no need for better graphics).
They never get it.

That, and any comment about floppy drives.

[Snowy_River]

"But, if I get a Mac instead of a PC, will I still be able to get email from my daughter? And how will I be able to view the internet?"

Or

"Isn't it true that hooking up a Mac to a Windows network will cause all of the Windows machines to get viruses and crash?"

Or

"We can't get a Mac for our graphics designer, because, what would we do when it gets old? We usually pass our older PCs to the secretaries, but they couldn't use a Mac."

It's amazing to me how ignorant a lot of people are about the nature of computers in general.

[tazo]

the biggest thing I find is that people believe they cant use macs because they cannot use MS word. :o

keep em coming people.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by mbustamante
I would have to say "Is their a good Virus Portection Porgram Installed?" that's one of the best. you get to be like, "nope... i don't need one :D"

I can't think of any truly terrible Q's. most of the people i know don't care, or admire me for stepping out of windows. they just don't have the guts to, but they hate windows.

[maradong]

are mac documents compatible to windows documents ( ms office and so on )

mac? that are these unstable pc s right?

Will i be able to read my mails on a mac?

most of the people are so ignorant. I think apple should really work on the meaning of people over apple. that s i think the only way to get the market share up.

[arogge]

Originally posted by pyrotoaster
When the discussion turns to my iMac:
"But you can't upgrade your video card!"

While it's true, I always explain that I don't need to because Macs ship with good video cards (and in my case, I have no need for better graphics).

Apple really needs to improve its graphics card offerings. While many users find Made in Elbonia gaming cards to be just fine, I would prefer something better:

http://www.3dlabs.com/product/index.htm

Come on, Apple. Some of us would like real graphics cards on our PowerMacs!

[FattyMembrane]

1st place: "can you get online with a mac?"

grand prize: "i don't think you can program a mac"
-response given by an employee of computercity when i asked him where the mac development software was.

[billyboy]

Dumb question: You cant pirate Mac software as easy as you can Windows stuff, can you?

Answer: Correct, in my town (I livein a small town in rural part of Spain) there is literally no Mac software to copy, apart from what I had bundled with the PB. But firstly I dont really need any extra apps, secondly I wouldnt and dont pirate - unlike the whole of Spain, and thirdly dumbass, there is so much freeware, and low price shareware out there for Mac, what's the point of your question.

Awkward question: How much did you pay for your Powerbook?

Answer: I invested more than I wanted, but in 5 years time when you're on your second computer, I'll be reaping the rewards of buying the best Mac on the market at the time.

[sparks9]

haha funny answers!

[jethroted]

I am the It dpeartment where I work, and I just got a good one yesterday. This girl at one of our stores calls me up and ask "What does it mean when the computer says "You have performed an illegal opperation blah blah blah ....""? So I said that the internet police were on the way. She was like "What? What do you mean? I was just trying to send something to print." I asked her if she had installed any illegal sofware on her system lately, to which she said no. Then she asked me "What will they do when they get here?" I told her she was going to be arrested, and she should erase everything on the computer. She started to get a little upset, and wanted to know why this was going on, because she did not know what she did wrong. I told her this was a risk of working with a pc, and that it had to do with security problems over at Microsoft. The conversation went on for a couple of more minutes before she finally asked me if I was serious, to which I replied "No, restart the stupid pc, and it should be fine. If it does it again call me, and I'll come check it out." Lucky for me, that did the trick, and I didn't have to go see her. I told a couple of people in the office, and we all had a good laugh at her expense.

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by krhodus
"bring over your imac, we can put xp on it."

I know someone who actaully did this, and screwed up his imac.

-krhodus

I'm pretty sure XP screws up every computer it's installed on.

:D

[hugemullens]

Originally posted by billyboy
\in 5 years time when you're on your second computer, I'll be reaping the rewards of buying the best Mac on the market at the time.

EXACTLY! i plan on using my 12 incher for atleast 4 years.

I had an instructor at school tell me this "macs look cool but i need to have wireless internet on my laptop." (another instuctors tangerine ibook didnt have a PC card slot so that ment no wi-fi to him) Then we discussed how he was on his third PC card cause the the antena's kept breaking. To this day i dont think he belives a mac has it built in, or atleast an internal bay for it.

i like this thread :) :) :)

[puffmarvin]

i went into the local gateway country just to see what kind of help i would get. i asked about the profile. the rep told me all this stuff (thinking i was a complete idiot) and then told me that it came with microsoft word. i said i think i could get it for the imac and he said, and i quote "Microsoft does not and will never make software for the Apple Mac."

That is funny on so many levels.

[toughboy]

I have heard a lot about the fun made of floppy drive questions, but as I see here, the pain mac'ers take is much worser then what I believed... :D

take it easy guys... they are only peeceers.. :D

[mrjamin]

"i don't want to get a mac because you can't get stuff like photoshop" - this was said to me by a guy at my college who claimed to be a designer

"macs are so incompatible with pcs - you can't even open a JPG on a mac and all the best designers work with JPGs" - said a guy in a computer shop when i was enquiring about scanners. This is the same guy that told me there's no point in getting more than 128MBs RAM.

when speaking to a friend of mine about webdevelopment: "Macs are crap for web programming because you can't test PHP/Perl scripts locally, you can on a pc and it only takes about an hour to set up Apache and PHP once you've downloaded them" - yeah, so true, i mean it took me 4 mouseclicks and apache's running, then about 2 minutes to remove the # on two lines of the httpd.conf.

"wheres the c drive?" or better yet "where's the start button?"

[VIREBEL661]

'Soooo, what kind of Intel processor does your Mac have?'

or

'If I buy a Mac, can I still use windoze as my main OS?'

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

[VIREBEL661]

OR

'Can you do anything other than graphics?'

MORONS!';)'

[mrjamin]

Originally posted by krhodus
"bring over your imac, we can put xp on it."

I know someone who actaully did this, and screwed up his imac.

that is completely 100% impossible. The only non-mac OS's you can install on a mac are a couple of flavours of linux (there may be others, but DEFINATELY not XP or any other breed of windows).

[krhodus]

let me clarify what i said, they TRIED to put xp it. They finally stopped trying when all that would come up is the blue screen (after the apple logo/ spinning thing).

[MacsRgr8]

At a Dutch phone company trying to sell iMacs (rev a at the time):
Customer: "I like this iMac, is it possible to buy Office for Mac?"
Salesman: "Sure, but you have to buy and install Virtual PC first, ofcourse"

OMG.

[scem0]

"How can I uninstall [insert name of program here]"

[Rajj]

Drag and Drop for Windows users:
DRAG your peecee off your desk, and DROP it in the trash.



Lolololololollolollololollol;)

[TrenchMouth]

god reading some of these really makes me wonder about people. i get the "yea but like nobody uses those computers" all the time. personally i dont think Apple should try to gain market share, i mean honestly, do you want these people to be using macs as well? they will contaminate the mac intelligence pool.

[patrick0brien]

-Folks

My favorite? "Macs suck"

That's it, no evidence offered, just a blanket statement.

:rolleyes:

'Course my reaction is the same if such a blanket statement is made about anything - Including Wintel. :D

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by mrjamin
that is completely 100% impossible. The only non-mac OS's you can install on a mac are a couple of flavours of linux (there may be others, but DEFINATELY not XP or any other breed of windows).

Actually, that's not true. There was a version of WindowsNT 3.51 that was compiled to run on Mac hardware. Now, it has been a while since such a thing existed, but it was once possible to put a breed of Windows on a Mac (not using VPC).

[acj]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Folks

My favorite? "Macs suck"

That's it, no evidence offered, just a blanket statement.

:rolleyes:

'Course my reaction is the same if such a blanket statement is made about anything - Including Wintel. :D

Ahh, someone with reason...

[ollywilson2003]

"Your computers stupid because it has no floppy drive and the screens too thin."

Im serious.....

"Why do you have every thing so small
on your screen?"
(They then continued to change the resolution on my 1440x900 iMac down to 640x480)

Not really a question but still very stupid.

[tazo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Folks

My favorite? "Macs suck"

That's it, no evidence offered, just a blanket statement.

:rolleyes:

'Course my reaction is the same if such a blanket statement is made about anything - Including Wintel. :D

it is unbelievable how many times i hear that, that "macs suck": i go to ask them why they "suck", and they almost always come up with the general contents of this thread.


i just thought this was a great idea for a thread after debating in a general computer forum (macs and pcs) about the merits of the mac platform. the person actually said that macs sucked because you cannot upgrade them. at all. :D

come on people there are lots of pc users and less mac users, surely you have heard a few good ones. keep em coming buddies :P

[puffmarvin]

...but i can get an emachine for $499.

yeah, you go get that emachine. ill see you back here in a month.

[coopdog]

"and the screens too thin." HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Thats great. I'm tring to get my dad to get the 12" PB rather than the stupid Sony Viao that has the worst battery time and looks like total crap! Well the IT guys said that if he hooked it up to the network they wouldn't support it and that it could bring down all the servers. Now my dad thinks word is the OS its kinda funny.

What gets me is how all the stupid PC makers advertize their comps being able to connect to the net anywhere then in small print it says stuff about you need a wireless card. Many people especialy PC users think that (my dad) thinks from the adds you can connect anywhere with the new Centrino CPU HAHAHA. What a joke.

I'm writing this on my new PC that is totaly sweet. Now all i need is os x. What i like about PC's is how many thing things you can change and mess around with like trainers and such. It's fine if you have a good anti virus app. Norton 2003 Pro is really good. I has deleted about 40. OS X and iapps are way better than anything for PC.

[markjones05]

I love how everyone thinks that the internet is unique to the computer they own. HELLO! its the same no matter what machine you use to access it. People are so stupid. Alot of people ask me about the floppy drive and I ask them if they can tell me the last time they used theirs; most of them look up and to the left trying to remember but they cant. Thats enough of an answer for me, and them.

[ollywilson2003]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by markjones05
[B]I love how everyone thinks that the internet is unique to the computer they own. HELLO! its the same no matter what machine you use to access it.




Its so true, im amazed by the amount of people who honestly think that all the web pages are stored on "the Windows server" or something.

I must be a magnet for Windows idiots or something.....

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by markjones05
I love how everyone thinks that the internet is unique to the computer they own. HELLO! its the same no matter what machine you use to access it. People are so stupid. Alot of people ask me about the floppy drive and I ask them if they can tell me the last time they used theirs; most of them look up and to the left trying to remember but they cant. Thats enough of an answer for me, and them.

There are a few people I know that have had similar responses: "I couldn't use a Mac because it has no floppy drive, and I use floppies all the time."

I, of course, pointed out that for a few bucks more (about $39 the last I saw) you can buy a USB floppy drive for a Mac. To which I've recieved responses like "that's stupid, it should just come with the computer."

And then they balk at me when I point out that they complain about not being able to upgrade a Mac, and then they complain when this simple "upgrade" is available.

Man, people can be so strange.

P.S. Originally posted by tazo

:::::::As soon as I get a job I am sooo getting the new 10 gig iPod.
If you can afford it, I highly recommend getting a 15 gig iPod. The extra 5gig is essentially free, when you consider that the dock, better ear buds with remote, and the belt case actually cost more than the difference between the cost of the two units. Just a suggestion...

[tazo]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
There are a few people I know that have had similar responses: "I couldn't use a Mac because it has no floppy drive, and I use floppies all the time."

I, of course, pointed out that for a few bucks more (about $39 the last I saw) you can buy a USB floppy drive for a Mac. To which I've recieved responses like "that's stupid, it should just come with the computer."

And then they balk at me when I point out that they complain about not being able to upgrade a Mac, and then they complain when this simple "upgrade" is available.

Man, people can be so strange.

P.S.
If you can afford it, I highly recommend getting a 15 gig iPod. The extra 5gig is essentially free, when you consider that the dock, better ear buds with remote, and the belt case actually cost more than the difference between the cost of the two units. Just a suggestion...

I estimate that to get that 330 for a ten gig it will take atleast 2 mo. at a job; i would prefer not to have to work 3 months to get that extra 5 gigs.

[tazo]

oh and I also neglected to mention that I only have about 1.2 gigs of music. the rest is pirated everything else (like 10 gigs) i figure a ten gig will be great for all my music and all future, plus when i want to bring a few movies with me (3-4 gigs).

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by tazo
oh and I also neglected to mention that I only have about 1.2 gigs of music. ...

Wow, small time... ;)

I have close to 10gigs of music, alone. I currently have a 20gig iPod, on which I keep my music and a backup of my user home directory.

[Jesus on OSX]

Here are some idiotic questions and statements I've heard before from random people both at work and elsewhere:

Overheard in the studio where I worked, when a GRAPHICS DESIGNER was asked to open the PDF file he brought with him on a burned CD: "Is this a demo computer? There is no CD Eject button"

"Is it true that you can make hollywood movie posters with an Apple?"

"Isn't Steve Jobs jewish?"

"My laptop has all kinds of ports and costs 1,200 dollars, but Apple sells powerbooks with no ports for 3,000 dollars! I knew you got ripped off", failing to grasp the concealed panel on the back of a 15" PB.

"Are most Mac people in some kind of a cult?"

"You don't like computers?". This was asked by some dumb chick in my Pol Sci class. "Computers" of course means "Wintel" in her world.

Classmate exclaimed: "My VAIO is smaller than your Apple PowerBook!". It was quite ironic when he pulled out an external drive to use the CD, then I showed him that PB has a built-in CD/DVD-ROM. 1 hour later his battery died and he pulled out a pen to take down the rest of the notes by hand.

"I would never buy a mac, because then I have to buy a mac printer"

"So where the hell is the Claris Works?", was asked by someone who missed the whole new millenium thing.

"I will message you on AIM. NO WAIT. You're on a mac.. should I just email you instead? Can you read windows emails?"

"Didn't Microsoft buy Apple?"

"What's the point of using a MAC when they'll be out of business in a year?". I heard this 4 months ago from an ignoramus who calls himself an MCSE.

[Jesus on OSX]

Originally posted by ollywilson2003
Its so true, im amazed by the amount of people who honestly think that all the web pages are stored on "the Windows server" or something.

I must be a magnet for Windows idiots or something.....

You don't know the half of it. Millions (Yes, more than I'd like to admit) of the computer users think Internet Explorer is the Internet. They do not understand that there might be other browsers which can access the web.

[benixau]

i hate this thread. I am the sort of person who does the following:
Actor -
PCI; PC idiot
Me; com one, please
2PCI; second PC idiot

PCI: what comp. do you use?
2PCI: mines got a p4, how bout yours?
Me: no, i use a mac.
PCI: why, they suck!
2PCI: yeah, no office or floppy drive
Me: ok, there is office, i can read emails and i dont get viruses ever, i dont even have or need an antivirus program.
PCI: whoa, whats up
Me: just stopping you being a copmlete looser an asking those dumb arse pc qs.
2PCI: what about windows
Me: what is windows (i am being a prick here)
PCI: its on the network computers
Me: Oh, that - i though that was a cheap rip-off on MacOS 8.6 - oh wait! it is
PCI+2PCI in awe as i show them a 12" pb and how it connects to the netowrk without a busy thing on the mouse, it browses it and then i do it all again w/ airport. Of course they are still trying to remeber the network settings on their computer.

I had been on that network before and had an automatic profile for it.

then i ran pout fo the room and screamed. I can not stand ignorant pc users

[ozubahn]

"You use Macs? But aren't you, like, a computer geek or something?"

I got this one several times from other students when I was in college (at a school not generally associated with idiocy). Macs are toys, they reasoned, and they were shocked that a tech-minded person would deign to use one. Just because I theoretically know how to deal with junky machines and ugly malformed software, doesn't mean that I want to. It is sort of like expecting a soldier to shoot at himself periodically, just because that's what he has trained for...

[DHagan4755]

My school had just got a lab of new iMacs approximately four years ago. It was the tail-end of the summer. Teachers were just starting to trickle in to set up their classrooms and get ready for the opening of school. I had just finished setting up the lab when a teacher comes in and exclaims, "Oh, great! Why did they get these? They have no floppy drive?" A second teacher walks into the room just as the other teacher is whining and says to me holding up a floppy disk, "Dave, can you help me? This disk keeps telling me there's an I/O error. It won't let me open anything." I grab the disk as the silver protective portion is bent, loose, and ready to fall off. I turn to the teacher complaining about the lack of a floppy drive on the iMac and say, "This is why there's no floppy drive!"

Into the school year about two weeks, a couple of teachers complained that the new method of saving to a networked server was too hard for students because they weren't saving to the right place, and we should have floppy drives because they're so much easier. Lo and behold a couple of days go by and she sends a student down from her class to print out a file from a disk. The girl comes to me and says her disk is screwed up, but it was fine when she saved it at home. I put the disk in the computer with a floppy drive and it mounts on the desktop. I look at the top of the floppy drive's window, "It says, 0 items." I go back to the teacher afterward and I said, "I see saving to a floppy disk is easier, eh?" She's like, "What?" I told her that student was at home and couldn't save to a floppy disk.

Those were stories from approximately 4 years ago.

Recently, a student was complaining about the iMacs saying that they suck and we should get Dells. An eighth grade whipper-snapper. "You see I just got a new Dell," he proudly protests. "And it blows these computers away. "Do you really like Macs? Windows is so much better and easier."

I'm like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, back up there fella! Are you going to come in here and compare your brand new computer to these computers which are four years old?" He didn't know what to say. I continued, "Why did you upgrade? How old was the computer you just replaced?"

The student didn't have an answer. He was wishy-washy, "Like two or three years old."

Outside of work, in my social places, literally every time I hear someone mocking the virtues of the Mac, I eventually get out of them that the Mac was old. How old? They don't know. I had one lady come back to tell me it was running 7.5. I told the woman if it were a comparable PC it would be running Windows 3.1. She was befuddled as if she didn't know the comparison I was making. I said, "Version 7.5? Of course that's old. That computer is old. You know Apple is up to Mac OS 10.2."

[c2kvette]

The stupidest ones I get are:

"Why do you have a one button mouse?"

"I would buy a Mac if they made games for it"

[DaedalusDE]

One of my idiot friends thought that he'd be able to answer the age old argument of Mac vs. PC so he did an English paper on it... my favorite argument of his was

"Why would you want a computer that you can't use kazaa on?"

[tazo]

Originally posted by DaedalusDE
One of my idiot friends thought that he'd be able to answer the age old argument of Mac vs. PC so he did an English paper on it... my favorite argument of his was

"Why would you want a computer that you can't use kazaa on?"

dear. god. What an idiot. lol

[shakespeare]

A girl was watching over my shoulder as I worked on my new 17-inch PowerBook at university the other day, and she was going on at me about how much she hated Macs. In the course of my working, I passed my mouse over the Dock and it magnified, causing her to shout, "God, I hate Macs, but I love how it just did that!"

I find, though, that Mac-haters are in the minority. When I'm working at coffeeshops on my PB, all the people I talk to are up on the latest Apple hardware, and several times in the few weeks of my owning this 17-incher, people - including some on Gateway laptops - have told me that they were on their way to buy one, having seen mine. I think things for Apple are looking up.

[arogge]

This isn't really a single question, but rather an example of Microsoft denial.

Induhvidual: "Mac sucks!"
Me: "Why do you say that?"
Induhvidual: "I don't know. They just do. They're so cute and they look funny. Mac sucks."

Later, after hearing about problems that the Induhvidual was having with Windows...

Me: "You wouldn't have to worry about all those crashes if you stopped using Microsoft software and instead used a Mac with OS X."
Induhvidual: "I actually like Microsoft. I don't see what the big deal is. My computer does what I need. Whenever it gets messed up, I just start all over again."
Me: "Reboot?"
Induhvidual: "No, that other thing you do with the recovery CD."
Me: "Do you mean that you reformat your hard disk and reinstall all that software."
Induhvidual: "Yeah, like every few months. What's wrong with that? I heard that you're supposed to do that. It gets rid of viruses too."
Me: "For what kind of work do you use your computer?"
Induhvidual: "I just do the Internet and a little typing."
Me: "And your PC stops working because of that?"
Induhvidual: "Usually only if I'm doing something that I shouldn't be."
Me: "Like what?"
Induhvidual: "Like being on the Internet and typing something in Word."
Me: "Would you like to try something better?"
Induhvidual: "No. Why would I want to change what I have if it works?"

[Jaykay]

i suppose its not really the same, but a PC asked me if if my powerbook could take cds. When i said it had a DVD burner he didnt believe me, i didnt really want to go to all the trouble (of opening the profiler) just for a pc guy, but i did, and boy was he amazed.

[DreaminDirector]

I got a buddy just like that! He reformats his hard drive every few months, claiming it's good for the system because it cleans out all the bugs and viruses.

God, these stories are great.

[insidedanshead]

I have a friend whos a network administrator for a very large company. Luckily for me most of my friends are unbiased and have a Mac envy. This friend, however, insists that Mac OS X is limited and theres nothing special about it. ....Ha, "Nothing special about it." He also constantly brings up that Mhz debate.. I really believe the intellegence thing. Apple users are just smarter people.


<< Just because I theoretically know how to deal with junky machines and ugly malformed software, doesn't mean that I want to. It is sort of like expecting a soldier to shoot at himself periodically, just because that's what he has trained for.. >> LOL!!!!!!! Funniest Thing I have heard in a while.

[tazo]

this is an awesome thread that epitomizes everything apple needs to cover in advertisements:D

[DakotaGuy]

When people come to my house and see my Blueberry iMac, they always say...nice monitor...where is the computer?

They can NEVER figure out how to eject the CD...dragging to the trash, always ask, "Where is the button to get this out?"

After they use OSX for awhile they have every single program open on it, because they think closing the window closes the program.

Last they always tell me, nice computer but I need one that runs MS Office!

[dr_spudboy]

Job Interview:

My Question: To the customer concerned about getting a Mac or a PC, what do you tell them in terms of pro's and con's of each system.

Reply: Only buy a Mac if you only need to do video editing, Mac's cannot use word or (the best one) play mp3's. PC's can do everything but video editing. So I would say to get a PC unless they will be editing video.

My Reply: Don't call us, we'll call you.

End of Interview

[anneleonard]

Brilliant thread, guys. i can't remember any specific quotes, but most people i've shown my new 17" iMac to have been split into 3 main groups:

1) Just don't understand what an OS is and what programs are, and how there are choices other than windows. They just think windows = computers. So they just look at me blank-faced when I tell them about my iMac (this includes my mum, poor woman), as they just think its a weird version of windows, and that you can't really do anything on it.

2) Really like the mac and are interested in getting one themselves in the future, if they can afford it. these are people that i still like to keep as friends ;)

3) Challenge me to prove that its just as good a computer as windows, thinking that i'm just a mac addict. they don't really listen to what i'm saying, they just think i'm a maniac and smile, knowingly. its really annoying!

[maradong]

this threat definetly rocks.
just to repeat me once more :)

[dobbin]

This is what happened when TELEWEST sent someone to install my cable internet connection. One man installed the wires with no problems, and then another arrived an hour later to install and configure the software.

I call him the ICE which stands for Idiot Cable Engineer.


ICE: Hi, I've come to install your new cable connection.
me: Oh great, theres my computer, I'll leave you to it.
ICE: They had to send me because the other guys don't know how to work Macs
me: Oh, thanks.
ICE: No problem, its a bit harder than proper computers, but I can do it.
[ICE sees OS X on screen]
ICE: Oh, I can't do it on this machine, it only works with normal Mac Windows.
me: What?
ICE: I can only do it on the old mac windows
me: Oh, you mean OS9?
ICE: Yeah, I guess. I only have instructions for that
[ICE starts to pack up his things and gets ready to leave, I reboot into OS9 to keep him happy]
me: Here you go then.
ICE: Wow, thats neat, you've got 2 hard disks right?
me: No, you can do this on any Mac with OS X
[ICE follows instructions to configure modem, takes about 20 seconds]
ICE: I think some of my instructions are missing, there should be more settings to play with.
me: Maybe its just simpler on my Mac?
ICE: [laughs]
me: So what next?
ICE: I'll connect it anyway and see what happens. It won't work though. I'll have to phone the office to get the instructions.
me: OK.
ICE disapears under my table with the end of the modem lead. He seems to be under there for ages, looking in a box of old CDs and in my small cupboard. After 5 minutes or so, ICE reappears.
ICE: Where is your computer? Is it in a different room?
me: Its right there, on the table
[I point to my Cube, the only thing on the table apart from the display, keyboard, mouse, and pro speakers.]
ICE: No, I need the actual base station to plug the modem into. It has to go directly into the main part of the computer.
me: Yeah, thats it. All the sockets are underneath at the back.
[I show the ICE because he obvioulsy doesn't believe me]
ICE: Macs are so stupid, you can never do anything with them.
me: Does it work?
ICE: Yeah, it seems to. It must have been used with our cable service before because its already been configured and someone must have put that network card in it.
me: No, its brand new. It just came like that
[I reboot into OS X]
me: It seems to work OK in OS X
ICE: Yeah, its definitely been used for this before, it wouldn't work just like that otherwise.
me: Is that it then?
ICE: No, before you use it you must install a firewall and virus protection. You can get it from this website [I've forgotten which one] when I've gone. Its essential, you will have serious problems without it.
[When the ICE has gone, I check the website. There is no Mac software there. I set up the OS X firewall with Brickhouse instead and don't worry about viruses.


I still laugh at that tw@t when I think about it now!!

[MacsRgr8]

Wow... I must say, you kept your cool! :)
This one is not only funny, it's pathetic, really. This ICE-man seemed to be the Mac-expert?????.....OMG.

[5300cs]

(When the original iMac first came out. I was using both platforms at the time, but when I remember this comment it STILL pisses me off...)

"Oh look, it's got a handle on the back so you can bring it straight to the trash dump!"

Well looky here, I'm still USING that same Mac while your pc has long been trashed. NOW who's machine is in the dump?

1.
"Where's the floppy drive?"
"How often do you USE floppies?"
"..."

2.
"Does it run office? No it doesn't, does it?"

3.
"Man, you can't do ANYTHING on a Mac!!"

4.
"Macs like, never get viruses, huh? That's cool.."
(suckers:p)

I can't think of anymore, but I get 'em on a daily basis. I ask for it though, I start fights with windows-users to try to get them to realize that they're idiots and wasted too much money on crappy hardware and an even crappier OS.

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by dobbin
This is what happened when TELEWEST sent someone to install my cable internet connection. One man installed the wires with no problems, and then another arrived an hour later to install and configure the software.

-dobbin

I've had several Broadband connections over the years.

The first time, I had one computer running 9.0.4. I didn't let the Configrer of this two-man cable baqnd to touch the machine. He wanted to install a new browser and some software to get it to work with the cable modem.

Knowing how Cable Modems work, I knew this was not necessary.

With the guy over my shoulder (he had to witness connection to do his job properly) I asked for the host ID of the DHCP server I'd be connecting to.

When it worked right then, he actually dropped his disks on the floor - mouth agape.

"You don't even have to reboot? WOW!"

This got the hardware guy running to see what the commotion was about. Both were stunned and actually said something along the lines of "I gotta get me one of those."

Last year, I moved and ordered a new install. By this time MediaOne was now ATTBI, and I was running OS X. And guess who shows up - the same two guys.

I again refused to let them touch it. This time not even asking for a host ID, just setting the TCP to DHCP then quitting the prefs.

This time the reaction was: "Damn that's cool. That's OS X huh? I gotta upgrade."

They both had purchased Macs. :D

[5300cs]

I had a similar experience with the computer club I'm in. It's all a bunch of windoze users, and they wanted to see a demo of Safari.

The meeting head was in the middle of telling me I could use his internet connection when I already had it setup (switched over to DHCP and pulled an IP address in record time) he stopped and said "Is that it?? It's that easy?"

1 week later a Mac users group was formed from the same club that, since 1996, was always windoze based. 1 guy so far has bought an iBook.

Like shooting fish in a barrel with an elephant gun...

:rolleyes:

[Bateman]

"Wait... so you can't use KaZaA??"

[patrick0brien]

A little more subtle ignorance...

"If I switch I have to buy new copies of Office and stuff right?"

Two things I always find wrong with this:

1) Umm yeah, your Windows version won't run.

2) You really should buy a different copy for every machine you have, anyway. Not a good excuse not to switch.

[yzedf]

Originally posted by pyrotoaster
When the discussion turns to my iMac:
"But you can't upgrade your video card!"

While it's true, I always explain that I don't need to because Macs ship with good video cards (and in my case, I have no need for better graphics).
They never get it.

That, and any comment about floppy drives.
The video card in your iMac sucks compared to the good stuff. PC users want the best they can get for gaming. Even the PowerMac is behind the times (just started shipping 9700 Pro...) :rolleyes:

Macs are good for one basic reason; OS X.

[tazo]

despite the legal issues surrounding it, I almost did not switch to mac, due to Kazaa; as a teenager it just becomes part of your computing lifestyle. Unfortunately many people believe that you can only Do P2P on a pc, people have never heard of that "fruit application".

[tazo]

Originally posted by dobbin

Dobbin's story.............


that is a beautiful story man, and I appreciate you taking the time to share it :)

Originally posted by maradong

just to repeat me once more :)

Thank you very much ;)

[yzedf]

Originally posted by Jesus on OSX
You don't know the half of it. Millions (Yes, more than I'd like to admit) of the computer users think Internet Explorer is the Internet. They do not understand that there might be other browsers which can access the web.
No, most think AOL is the internet. The idiots at my office don't understand that wil DSL they don't have to start AOL to go to a website!

Of course, the people that post to this board complaining about stupid PC users, the guys that post on PC forums complain about stupid PC and Mac users. Most computer users are stupid about computers. That's all there is to it.

[tazo]

Originally posted by yzedf
No, most think AOL is the internet. The idiots at my office don't understand that wil DSL they don't have to start AOL to go to a website!

Of course, the people that post to this board complaining about stupid PC users, the guys that post on PC forums complain about stupid PC and Mac users. Most computer users are stupid about computers. That's all there is to it.

don't forget to mention that there are alos stupid mac users too! :P Like my school's librarian, she is a big mac user, but thinks that everything that goes wrong is the user's fault, because lord knows nothin can go wrong with an apple :P:P

[CrackedButter]

Since getting my mac i've opened a few eyes, i get the usual questions.

"What software can you get for the mac"?

My response would be what do you want?

Or... "Is it compatible, can it play files"?

I say yes its MORE compatible, its windows that is ignorant and incompatible, its just that windows is in the majority, infact the mac, just like linux supports more formats than windows.

"Ohhh..." is the response.

However most discussions boil down to gaming, i had a friend who just bought a toshiba laptop so he can play generals. While it is impressive for a laptop, good battery life and power, it just sucks with running XP and it weighs more and cost him MORE to get. However, he is happy so thats that, he wanted to "do" gaming.

Ironic really when he understood how much better the mac was but failed on games, his friend threw up the usual arguments against owning a mac and i made the better arguement. I had won the argument against both of them, price wasn't a factor just games.

However, his friend who was against the mac is now getting a 15GB iPod (After seeing my 15GB) and was joking that he was going to own a little peice of Apple hardware. He saw my iPod and loved it and he has tons more cd's than me. I had converted somebody without trying while that person was negative towards Apple.

Strange strange...

Then

[patrick0brien]

-CrackedButter

Oo. You just reminded what really gets me:

"There aren't any good games on the Mac."

or, the more accurate...

"The good games take a while to come out on the Mac."

Y'see, I have a base problem with the philosophy behind this.

If you want to play games - don't buy a computer! They're not optimized for this. Get a console, get better play, and save a buck or two.

To me it's like someone telling me that my shovel sucks because his can drive more nails than mine.

[CrackedButter]

With regard to gaming, hppefully MacSoft pull their finger out and start bringing out more games, with the expansion sets.

But yeah, a console is alot easier, i'd probably get a gamecube anyway if i really wanted to play games.

[synergy]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-CrackedButter



Y'see, I have a base problem with the philosophy behind this.

If you want to play games - don't buy a computer! They're not optimized for this. Get a console, get better play, and save a buck or two.

To me it's like someone telling me that my shovel sucks because his can drive more nails than mine.

I have to disagree with this at least with respect to First Person Shooters. They are much better on the computer than a console due to the mouse keyboard combo. And heck I love playing games more on my mac than I do on my Gamecube. Would be same way if I had any of the other consoles too.

[yogi477]

Originally posted by dobbin
This is what happened when TELEWEST sent someone to install my cable internet connection. One man installed the wires with no problems, and then another arrived an hour later to install and configure the software.


Yeah I had the same problem at first they said it wouldnt work with OSX then when the guy came and said it wouldnt work I set it up in front of him in literally 30secs, without using the CD he insisted I would need. Then he didn't belive it would work and I had to browse the internet and check my mail to convince him, they just don't seem able to comprehend someone with limited knowledge can do a lot more on a mac than a PC, they have always been that way and I hope they always will be. Now all I need is a job at PC World to sabotage them from the inside.

[bertagert]

I don't think all the PC users are ignorant. Maybe a few, but for most of these comments, the people just don't know. So instead of telling them they're ignorant or laughing at them, why don't you just let them use your computer for a few minutes? If you don't have one handy, just explain that the mac can do all the stuff windows does and a lot of times better and thats why you use a Mac.

I was at Best buy trying to score a new ipod on Saturday. Since it was busy, there were a bunch of people waiting for a sales person. In conversation I found out that this nice lady and myself were trying to get MP3 players. We talked about the one she was looking at for her son and then I mention that I was looking at the ipod. We went through all the differences of the one she was looking at and the ipod. She asked the usual, "does it work with windows" and other tech stuff. Ten minutes later she bought a 10 gig. It was through education that made her buy it (although my sales skills did help). When she unpacked it at the register (because I wanted to actually play with one and BestBuy didn't have one to play with), she was in awe at how cool it was. I ended up with nothing because Best Buy still didn't have my 30 gig in yet :(.

Moral of this story...teach these people about Apple products. Don't slam them for something they don't know or understand. Even if they get nasty and say how much better the PC is than a Mac, stay calm and explain. Eventually they'll come around or at least won't have anything bad to say. We'll have a lot more Mac users if this happens.:)

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by bertagert
...teach these people about Apple products.

-bertagert

You are very right. Thank you for the perspective on this.

Personally I do sell Apple to those who are ignorant. I just find when someone who is ignorant, and hostile, coming at me swinging bad information, they will only be convertable when you grab their "kudgel" and smack them back with it.

I find that only after that, they'll be the most likely to listen.

[CrackedButter]

Originally posted by bertagert
I don't think all the PC users are ignorant. Maybe a few, but for most of these comments, the people just don't know. So instead of telling them they're ignorant or laughing at them, why don't you just let them use your computer for a few minutes? If you don't have one handy, just explain that the mac can do all the stuff windows does and a lot of times better and thats why you use a Mac.

I was at Best buy trying to score a new ipod on Saturday. Since it was busy, there were a bunch of people waiting for a sales person. In conversation I found out that this nice lady and myself were trying to get MP3 players. We talked about the one she was looking at for her son and then I mention that I was looking at the ipod. We went through all the differences of the one she was looking at and the ipod. She asked the usual, "does it work with windows" and other tech stuff. Ten minutes later she bought a 10 gig. It was through education that made her buy it (although my sales skills did help). When she unpacked it at the register (because I wanted to actually play with one and BestBuy didn't have one to play with), she was in awe at how cool it was. I ended up with nothing because Best Buy still didn't have my 30 gig in yet :(.

Moral of this story...teach these people about Apple products. Don't slam them for something they don't know or understand. Even if they get nasty and say how much better the PC is than a Mac, stay calm and explain. Eventually they'll come around or at least won't have anything bad to say. We'll have a lot more Mac users if this happens.:)

In my case with my friend for when he wanted his laptop this is what i did. I was simply recommending a product that i felt was better like anybody else would when they purchase something and like it, they want others to get enjoyment from it.

However an iPod is different to a mac when justifying its features, capabilites and performance.

The iPod is automatically different to the mac because there is so much FUD with owning a mac but not an ipod (other than it costs more, and the opinion is it seems worth the extra cost), its abilities are not so clear. However with an iPod, people know what an mp3 player is, tell them its tiny, lightweight and a wonder of design and they will look at it with a different view. Its a new product for a new upcoming mainstream market, unlike a mac which has been pushed aside because of cheaper options and over the years has slowly retarded on itself to have this image where its incapable of doing anything because 99% of the world uses something else, something more familar from a company with a very large monopoly.
There is no monopoly in the mp3 market, an important difference.
Plus people don't fancy changing their computer as easily as being recommended an iPod and buying it. This is where you would have to educate a PC user on the advantages of owning a mac.
A reason why my friend is going to buy an iPod but not a computer, to much is at stake for them because of uncertainty.
I merely use your examples as an easy way of explaining myself. Its open to interpretation however.

I'm not saying you are wrong i merely highlighting the difference on how much harder it is when choosing a mac or an ipod.

[maradong]

Originally posted by tazo
that is a beautiful story man, and I appreciate you taking the time to share it :)



Thank you very much ;)

:p you are welcome.;)

[bertagert]

CrackedButter -

Very true and thanks for bringng that up. The computer replacement wouldn't be as easy as the ipod. However, the feature that the lady liked the best was being able to effortlessly go from main menu to songs to calender to games. It was the gui and how simple it was for her to use. (of course the new ipods size, looks, touch buttons were very impressive as well but the gui did the trick).

Now, OSX although on a different playing field is not to far of. OSX is elegant and very simple. As one person said to me, "Wow, things are so much clearer". This wasn't the screen she was talking about. It was how easy it was for her to view a image, find programs in the dock with the magnification roll over, how you open itunes and everything is just there, open iphoto and edit the pipctures, etc. Basically, when she had a light bulb come on and she understood what was going on with the computer.

That has happen to me twice. People like the more simplistic approach Apple has taken. Things do just work with an Apple.

I bet if I had a PowerBook handy at BestBuy and showed her a few things and let her play around with a ipod and camera on it, she would be buying a Mac. I however don't work at BestBuy nor do they sell Apple so that never happened. But I bet if more people taught others about Apple instead of getting into a debate, there would be more people using Apple's!

[alset]

"What kind of sound card does it have?"

Dan

[benixau]

hmmm this teaching method works.

i had a friend. he (as most do, still) bashed macs. he, on the other hand like to play starcraft. So, when he came over my place .....

i showed him my mac. he asked about the stability and heat and noise (MDD DP 1G i have). I said, ok - i will crash the mac for you. the pic i have attached shows the apps i opened (xcpt idvd2,imv2,it3,ip1 - and that is acrobat 5 full). all at once. the fan did not increase in speed. i could still use the computer (albeit slowly).
And then we laughed. I had opened them in a 30 sec time span (using an applescript) not to mention my bkgrnd apps. he was suprised.
And we then (after going to my norm) played starcraft. we agreed though - the one buttton mouse should be replace by a two button version.

Now, he is not getting a desktop mac. But when he goes to uni, if he getd into the course he wants (and parents want) his dad will get him whatever powerbook he wants (likely 12" for portability) and whichever iPod is in the middle of the range so that he also gets the extras.

They are getting from HK though as it is cheaper than here (AUS).

The end. Another mac user who is getting a mac through actually using one.

[benixau]

forgot the pic

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by benixau
forgot the pic

-benixau

Gleeps! That's a few.

But a little off topic?

[markjones05]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-benixau

Gleeps! That's a few.

But a little off topic?

the topic protector...

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by markjones05
the topic protector...

-markjones05

Dum-dumdum-dum! "Just the facts ma'am."

:D

[billyboy]

Just been reminded of another gem from my Spanish PC software pirate circle of friends.

I got in from work and my mate grabs me and says he has a little experiment he wants to try with my PB. He hates my mac BTW.

Him - Do you reckon it will read this USB memory stick thing? (Smug doubting grin on face)

Me - Dont know, but we can but try (expressionless but quietly confident)

I pressed the space bar and the PB woke from sleep.

Him - (Wide eyed, bottom lip almost twitching) What! You just booted up the computer? Thats fast.

I am a patient humble man and ungloating I explained about sleep function. I then had to unplug my USB mouse so that his fat ugly stick would fit in the back. Obviously it was showing on the screen before I had time to think.

He is waving my remote Gyro mouse in the air laughing, saying it didnt work in the air or on the desk. Again, I quietly told him why.

Him - So what programme do you have to open to see the files?

Me - Er, dunno, how about click on the drive icon and see what explodes.

Within three clicks his fat ugly mug is splattered all across my screen ina welter of photos. Still not satisfied, he want s a slideshow with music. It is here that I let the side down folks. I know its a piece of pee to use iPhoto, but I couldnt pull it off before his 30 second attention span imploded.

Again I let the side down and pulled the stick staright out the back without ejecting it to trash first. I never did find out if it corrupted his stick, but it sure as hell did nothing to my PB.

God I love my Mac!

[samtheman]

Originally posted by krhodus
let me clarify what i said, they TRIED to put xp it. They finally stopped trying when all that would come up is the blue screen (after the apple logo/ spinning thing).
Thats impossible, too. The apple logo and spinner doesn't come up when you boot up off a linux cd. I'm positive microsoft will not have an apple logo on their install cd. The blue screen would not come up. Macs cannot run x86 code.

[tazo]

these are all really good. come on people! keep posting em :)

[alset]

"I thought Macs never had to be restarted?" in a condescending tone, when I had just installed a system update.

Dan

[bbarnhart]

"If I email you this picture, can you view it on your Mac?"

[markjones05]

Here's one from the opposite end of the spectrum.

"So because Apple is trying to promote better typing, relieve stress on the wrists and not add to the fatique caused by improper alignment due to a flat keyboard, you're unimpressed. Correct m,e if I'm wrong, but how many pc keyboards are adjustable?" ~Kid Red

[Heart Break Kid]

im a recent switcher and now feel like a complete jackass cuz i remember asking a bunch of these quuestions . lol

i still remember me freaking out on how i was gonna uninstall a program

ahh the days prior to the nirvana my 17" Albook brings to my computing life.


i had a a PC user - my brother infact tell me my albook was slow cuz it onlwas only 1 ghz as opposed to his 1.2 wintel

[XnavxeMiyyep]

Originally posted by samtheman
Thats impossible, too. The apple logo and spinner doesn't come up when you boot up off a linux cd. I'm positive microsoft will not have an apple logo on their install cd. The blue screen would not come up. Macs cannot run x86 code.

Just out of curiosity, what does it display?

[Nermal]

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
Just out of curiosity, what does it display?

I haven't tried it, but I don't think it will try to boot the CD at all - it would just ignore it and boot from the HD. The only way I can see that would give a blue screen after the spinner would be to delete the Finder or something, but I haven't tried that either (and don't plan to!) :)

[mgargan1]

i'm sure everyone's been asked this... "why'd you buy an apple? aren't they going out of business?"

[arogge]

Originally posted by mgargan1
i'm sure everyone's been asked this... "why'd you buy an apple? aren't they going out of business?"

That's apparently pretty common. The stranger one is something along the lines of:
"You got an Apple? They don't make computers anymore."

[tazo]

Originally posted by arogge
That's apparently pretty common. The weider one is something along the lines of:
"You got an Apple? They don't make computers anymore."

whats worse is that many people believe apple only makes educational comps, comps that only schools can buy.

[arogge]

Originally posted by tazo
whats worse is that many people believe apple only makes educational comps, comps that only schools can buy.

The school system in my area has moved from Apple to Windows-based PCs with Microsoft Office bundled, apparently due to an overwhelming demand by parents that their children "use what they will be using in the real world." After spending all the money on Microsoft licenses, a large support staff, and the new PCs, the school system then claims that it can't afford other things like more teachers, classrooms, books, and even paper. When presented with the lower long-term costs of the Macintosh and the use of inexpensive M$ Office alternatives like StarOffice, the Induhviduals responsible for "technology for the students" programs ignore the facts and continue borrowing money to pay for the Microsoft software and PC upgrades.

[tazo]

Originally posted by arogge
The school system in my area has moved from Apple to Windows-based PCs with Microsoft Office bundled, apparently due to an overwhelming demand by parents that their children "use what they will be using in the real world." After spending all the money on Microsoft licenses, a large support staff, and the new PCs, the school system then claims that it can't afford other things like more teachers, classrooms, books, and even paper. When presented with the lower long-term costs of the Macintosh and the use of inexpensive M$ Office alternatives like StarOffice, the Induhviduals responsible for "technology for the students" programs ignore the facts and continue borrowing money to pay for the Microsoft software and PC upgrades.

i totally agree, schools waste way too much moneyt and then wonder where it goes. augh. at my school they keep the heat on at about 85 in each room, u could wear tshirt and still sweat-even during the winter. its very stupid. maybe instead of doing that they could spend money on not firing teachers,

[maradong]

what about a "little back to topic" ?

[arogge]

After an Induhvidual was heard complaining about using a Windows-based PC, I showed this Induhvidual my PowerBook running OS X and AppleWorks and mentioned that I don't have any Microsoft problems because I don't use Microsoft software. Upon looking at the system for a few seconds, the Induhvidual replied:

"Yeah, but you have to have the software for it, don't you?"

[Alte22a]

"I cant write reports on a mac, there for designers"

"Dont you need Drivers for digital cameras?"

"iExplorer?"

the Mac life

:cool:

[mgargan1]

"pc's are faster"... and they may be faster, however; it all depends on what you want to do. I don't play much games, and the games that i do play, i can play on my brother's computer or even my 17" powerbook, like UT2003.

however, i think the biggest question i get is a mix between, "what kind of dell is that? or more general, "what kinda computer is that?"

[benixau]

here is an unrefutable claim - cost
here is another one like it - ease of use

guess which one the mac user uses ...

PS. it aint the first one, just like to clarify for all those windows users that we know are here.

[sethwerkheiser]

Upon telling my Father In Law that my wife and I are getting a Mac since we're "done with Windows":

"What are you getting?"
"A Mac. Made by Apple. It doesn't run Windows."
"Well it has to run Windows."
"No, it runs its own OS. OSX."
"Well how do you open files without Windows?"

I can't wait to show him our beautiful iBook and show em how to open files without Windows.

[tazo]

Originally posted by sethwerkheiser
Upon telling my Father In Law that my wife and I are getting a Mac since we're "done with Windows":

"What are you getting?"
"A Mac. Made by Apple. It doesn't run Windows."
"Well it has to run Windows."
"No, it runs its own OS. OSX."
"Well how do you open files without Windows?"

I can't wait to show him our beautiful iBook and show em how to open files without Windows.

I had to go through the same process when i put linux on my pc, trying to tell my dad that just because it wasnt windows did not mean you couldnt do all the same stuff :)

[benixau]

the problem: bill gates
how to fix: hire the same guy that was used for pres. kennedy - he doesn't even get caught and manages to blame it on some one else.

how to fix better: make SJ head of MS. he will decide that ms should shut down all non-mac operations and then, and only then, will the world be saved from 98% stolen code and ideas.

[tazo]

These are all soo funny; come on people! there are more pc users then mac so there have to be more dumb questions :P

keep em coming

[Snowy_River]

Okay, not quite on topic, but pretty close...

Here is something that I used to love to share with PC users as an example of the difference between the ease of use of Mac vs. Windows. This is directly quoted from the uninstall instructions for a certain cross platform application:

To Remove:

Windows:

If you need to remove the application, begin at the Windows desktop. Click the Start button, and point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select the application from the list of programs. Click the Add/Remove... button and then click the Yes button to remove the application. Click OK to clear the screen.

Macintosh:

If you need to remove the application, just drag the application folder to the Trash. Then empty the Trash by clicking the Special menu and selecting Empty Trash.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Macintosh:

If you need to remove the application, just drag the application folder to the Trash. Then empty the Trash by clicking the Special menu and selecting Empty Trash. the only problem is that that doesn't always work completely, and if you are having problems with a program that an uninstall/reinstall on windows would fix, doing so on a mac will get you nothing. on a mac you also have to go into the Library, more or less the OS X counterpart of the registry in windows, and delete the preference file. this is nice because deleting just the pref file usually solves a problem with a program, and doesn't hurt the installation in /applications, but it does mean these files get left. and they can be big too, like if you use mozilla and chimera and just delete the application. that will leave your history in the ~/library, which is often sizable. there are exceptions and complexities to both systems. i would agree that OS X's structure is much simpler, but i would also say that to posit it as this pinnacle of simplicity compared to the unnavigable jungle of the windows world is just wrong. windows is still pretty simple about uninstalls, by and large.

[5300cs]

The people who have complained about OS X, largely the people who don't want to upgrade from OS 9, site that as an example of why they don't want to upgrade.

I've heard of people comparing the whole /library thing to the windows registry and some people don't like it. OS 9 was pretty easy; just trash the app & it's prefs and you were all set.

Except windows has those wonderful .dll's :rolleyes:

[burntoutjoy]

I've had a few similar to the above, including the complete horror that descends when they find out the mouse only has one button (i want 3 buttons as well, i point out OS X has three button support etc etc) and this fact will completely and utterly dissuade them from ever buying a Mac as long as they ship with those "unusable" mice :)

My absolute favourite, though, above anything, is when they say something like "But everything's so simple! It's like a kids OS, it's too easy to do stuff" whereupon I ask what the matter with that is, and ask if they enjoy wrestling with dodgy Windows device drivers for hours on end. They can't really grasp that 'simple to use' and 'powerful and productive' are not mutually exclusive. It baffles me.

[maradong]

anybody got some more questions?

[StealthRider]

PC user asked me if my PowerMac G3 B/W also came in Purple, Orange, or Green...then asked later if the same machine (or any Mac) could use CDs. *sigh*

[patrick0brien]

-Guys

I have a good one here.

Just last night, I was stanging in line for "The Matrix" (yes there were lots of Trinity's, Twins, and Neo's, but that's off-topic) with my 12"PB. I brought it as an anti-boredom device while waiting. Next to me a fellow pulls out a Alienware Laptop and mouse, then he and his buddy and start playing The Matrix game.

When my friends arrived, I pulled out the 12PB to watch the Animatrix's. Instantly, the alienware guys paused their game and started ooh-in and ahh-ing - with comments:

"Damn! It's got all the ports!"

"My machine's got a full Pentium 4 so I only get 45 minutes on the battery, what's the time on that?"

"It's not a kind of mobility version of the G4? It's the real thing?!?"

"Can you burn CD's with it? <shock> It can burn DVD's ?!?!"

"Where's the eject button?"

"Where are your apps? (I self-hide the dock)"

"I hear it's kind like UNIX. But that's like an Apple version of UNIX right?"

"Too bad it's only got a one button mouse." I asked him if I could borrow his mouse. I plugged it into my 12PB and the fact they instantly had 2-button control and scroll without drivers blew them away.

"What do you use it for?" they asked.
I replied, "Video editing, musical composition and recording and 3D rendering in Electric Image."
Honestly impressed, they then asked in unison, "How much?"

They didn't touch the Alienware the rest of the waiting. Could I have snagged a few "switchers"?

[maradong]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Guys

I have a good one here.

Just last night, I was stanging in line for "The Matrix" (yes there were lots of Trinity's, Twins, and Neo's, but that's off-topic) with my 12"PB. I brought it as an anti-boredom device while waiting. Next to me a fellow pulls out a Alienware Laptop and mouse, then he and his buddy and start playing The Matrix game.

When my friends arrived, I pulled out the 12PB to watch the Animatrix's. Instantly, the alienware guys paused their game and started ooh-in and ahh-ing - with comments:

"Damn! It's got all the ports!"

"My machine's got a full Pentium 4 so I only get 45 minutes on the battery, what's the time on that?"

"It's not a kind of mobility version of the G4? It's the real thing?!?"

"Can you burn CD's with it? <shock> It can burn DVD's ?!?!"

"Where's the eject button?"

"Where are your apps? (I self-hide the dock)"

"I hear it's kind like UNIX. But that's like an Apple version of UNIX right?"

"Too bad it's only got a one button mouse." I asked him if I could borrow his mouse. I plugged it into my 12PB and the fact they instantly had 2-button control and scroll without drivers blew them away.

"What do you use it for?" they asked.
I replied, "Video editing, musical composition and recording and 3D rendering in Electric Image."
Honestly impressed, they then asked in unison, "How much?"

They didn't touch the Alienware the rest of the waiting. Could I have snagged a few "switchers"?

nice one, hence i don t know what an alienware is. :D

[CrackedButter]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Guys

I have a good one here.

Just last night, I was stanging in line for "The Matrix" (yes there were lots of Trinity's, Twins, and Neo's, but that's off-topic) with my 12"PB. I brought it as an anti-boredom device while waiting. Next to me a fellow pulls out a Alienware Laptop and mouse, then he and his buddy and start playing The Matrix game.

When my friends arrived, I pulled out the 12PB to watch the Animatrix's. Instantly, the alienware guys paused their game and started ooh-in and ahh-ing - with comments:

"Damn! It's got all the ports!"

"My machine's got a full Pentium 4 so I only get 45 minutes on the battery, what's the time on that?"

"It's not a kind of mobility version of the G4? It's the real thing?!?"

"Can you burn CD's with it? <shock> It can burn DVD's ?!?!"

"Where's the eject button?"

"Where are your apps? (I self-hide the dock)"

"I hear it's kind like UNIX. But that's like an Apple version of UNIX right?"

"Too bad it's only got a one button mouse." I asked him if I could borrow his mouse. I plugged it into my 12PB and the fact they instantly had 2-button control and scroll without drivers blew them away.

"What do you use it for?" they asked.
I replied, "Video editing, musical composition and recording and 3D rendering in Electric Image."
Honestly impressed, they then asked in unison, "How much?"

They didn't touch the Alienware the rest of the waiting. Could I have snagged a few "switchers"?

While i like this story, i am confused as to why you bring laptops to the cinemas, maybe this is a cultural thing but this isn't what happens in the UK.

Where would you set up multiple laptops and play games with them? In the queue? I am very very intrigued.

[maradong]

Originally posted by CrackedButter
While i like this story, i am confused as to why you bring laptops to the cinemas, maybe this is a cultural thing but this isn't what happens in the UK.

Where would you set up multiple laptops and play games with them? In the queue? I am very very intrigued.

i can t figure it out neither, but the us ies, are know to be some strange group of people ... :rolleyes:

[patrick0brien]

-CrackedButter, maradong

:D

In self defense, that was the first time I've brought a laptop to a movie before as well. In fact that was the first time I went to a pre-premiere night of a movie that would attract the "Star Wars" type of fan adoration, thus creating long lines of devotees dressed in garb.

As stated, it was to allay boredom.

But, you're right: It is wierd. But worth it :D

BTW- Alienware is a Wintel computer manufacturer that create extremely high-end machines designed for gaming. Ergo the full Pentium - not a mobility, and the $2,659 price tag (Area-51m).

[frozenstar]

"Is it true that Macs can't access the Internet?"

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by patrick0brien

BTW- Alienware is a Wintel computer manufacturer that create extremely high-end machines designed for gaming. Ergo the full Pentium - not a mobility, and the $2,659 price tag (Area-51m).

A full Pentium? How do they handle the heat problem with that?! Built-in liquid cooling? And they call the G4 a lap warmer...

[tazo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Guys

I have a good one here.

Just last night, I was stanging in line for "The Matrix" (yes there were lots of Trinity's, Twins, and Neo's, but that's off-topic) with my 12"PB. I brought it as an anti-boredom device while waiting. Next to me a fellow pulls out a Alienware Laptop and mouse, then he and his buddy and start playing The Matrix game.

When my friends arrived, I pulled out the 12PB to watch the Animatrix's. Instantly, the alienware guys paused their game and started ooh-in and ahh-ing - with comments:

"Damn! It's got all the ports!"

"My machine's got a full Pentium 4 so I only get 45 minutes on the battery, what's the time on that?"

"It's not a kind of mobility version of the G4? It's the real thing?!?"

"Can you burn CD's with it? <shock> It can burn DVD's ?!?!"

"Where's the eject button?"

"Where are your apps? (I self-hide the dock)"

"I hear it's kind like UNIX. But that's like an Apple version of UNIX right?"

"Too bad it's only got a one button mouse." I asked him if I could borrow his mouse. I plugged it into my 12PB and the fact they instantly had 2-button control and scroll without drivers blew them away.

"What do you use it for?" they asked.
I replied, "Video editing, musical composition and recording and 3D rendering in Electric Image."
Honestly impressed, they then asked in unison, "How much?"

They didn't touch the Alienware the rest of the waiting. Could I have snagged a few "switchers"?

sadly many people would not remained interested past the part when u say G4 :(

[CrackedButter]

To "allay" boredom i might take my iBook to a cinema...see what happens.

I might get pulled for trying to copy to movie however.

[DreaminDirector]

A PC user once told me that the mac world was not getting the most current version of the internet because AOL was on a lower version for the Mac.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

This isn't really a question, but once PC user told me he didn't like Macs because they were "too user friendly, and didn't have the traditional problems that complete the computing experience."

[the future]

Man, this thread is just awesome! I mean, how hilarious can misconceptions get?? My favourite example was this:

Originally posted by puffmarvin
i went into the local gateway country just to see what kind of help i would get. i asked about the profile. the rep told me all this stuff (thinking i was a complete idiot) and then told me that it came with microsoft word. i said i think i could get it for the imac and he said, and i quote "Microsoft does not and will never make software for the Apple Mac."

That is funny on so many levels.

You should have replied: "Do you promise?"

I also loved the story of the Cube owner whom the tech guy from the cable company asked where the base station of his computer was.

Personally used to get "Nice monitor, but where is the computer?" all the time with my strawberry iMac.

[tazo]

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
This isn't really a question, but once PC user told me he didn't like Macs because they were "too user friendly, and didn't have the traditional problems that complete the computing experience."

Ironically, many people enjoy working with problems, if no one did then who would the mechanics of the world be, or even the tech. consultants?

the future
Man, this thread is just awesome! I mean, how hilarious can misconceptions get??

Thank you, and ya know what as this thread continues they seem to get even worse, its like the whole thread hads a few drinks in em and are loosening up. lol. :)

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by tazo
Ironically, many people enjoy working with problems, if no one did then who would the mechanics of the world be, or even the tech. consultants?

You know, that reminds me of a scene in the first 'Matrix' movie. Remember when the Agent is telling us (really it is for our benefit) about the first Matrix that tried to make a perfect world for everyone to live in, but no one believed it? Gee, what does that say about those of us that like the Mac user experience... ;)

[5300cs]

I just remembered a customer I spoke to a few weeks ago. He gave me the usual market share bit, wondered if they were going out of business, then he said: "I don't like Macs 'cause when there's a problem, there's usually only one way to fix them. With windows you have DOS and stuff in which you can fix things. Macs are harder to fix" Yeah, that sucks,huh?:rolleyes:

This guy didn't even know how to crank up the resolution beyond 640x480, so I don't forsee him 'fixing' anything in DOS anytime soon.

[maradong]

Originally posted by 5300cs
I just remembered a customer I spoke to a few weeks ago. He gave me the usual market share bit, wondered if they were going out of business, then he said: "I don't like Macs 'cause when there's a problem, there's usually only one way to fix them. With windows you have DOS and stuff in which you can fix things. Macs are harder to fix" Yeah, that sucks,huh?:rolleyes:

This guy didn't even know how to crank up the resolution beyond 640x480, so I don't forsee him 'fixing' anything in DOS anytime soon.

neither do i


-CrackedButter, maradong



In self defense, that was the first time I've brought a laptop to a movie before as well. In fact that was the first time I went to a pre-premiere night of a movie that would attract the "Star Wars" type of fan adoration, thus creating long lines of devotees dressed in garb.

As stated, it was to allay boredom.

But, you're right: It is wierd. But worth it

BTW- Alienware is a Wintel computer manufacturer that create extremely high-end machines designed for gaming. Ergo the full Pentium - not a mobility, and the $2,659 price tag (Area-51m).


Just wondering :D i might do so in the future as well if the matrix runs in pre-premiere.

i call that crap. I mean the alienware laptop. who much battery live have you got ? 20 minutes?

[kaizer]

Very hilarious.

Mind you all, most are comments by individuals (PC users) but have you guys seen an advertisement that mock Apple?

It's not exectly, but there's a old newspaper that I stumbled upon.

It's an advertisement about a ISP promoting their newly launched hotspot service.

In that ad, there's this women surfing in a cafe joint using an iBook (the one I'm using ;) ).

You know the ironic part?
They doctored the pic and put Windows on the iBook's screen!

*Argh!!!*
Prolly, they think it's Malaysia and chances of getting sued here are slim therefore the ungodly act!

Wish I had a scanner so that I can post it up...:(

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by kaizer
Very hilarious.

Mind you all, most are comments by individuals (PC users) but have you guys seen an advertisement that mock Apple?

It's not exectly, but there's a old newspaper that I stumbled upon.

It's an advertisement about a ISP promoting their newly launched hotspot service.

In that ad, there's this women surfing in a cafe joint using an iBook (the one I'm using ;) ).

You know the ironic part?
They doctored the pic and put Windows on the iBook's screen!

*Argh!!!*
Prolly, they think it's Malaysia and chances of getting sued here are slim therefore the ungodly act!

Wish I had a scanner so that I can post it up...:(

Actually, I doubt they could get sued, in any event. Really, maybe she was using VPC in full screen mode?

However, this is actually a fairly common occurance, only in the opposite direction. For years, because most advertising firms used Macs, whenever you saw a computer in a magazine or newspaper, etc., if you looked at the screen it would be a MacOS screen, regardless of what kind of computer it was. I've even seen ads for computer companies that make Windows machines that had Mac screens put on them in their ads. I still wonder if that type of 'error' was ever caught...

[tazo]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Actually, I doubt they could get sued, in any event. Really, maybe she was using VPC in full screen mode?

However, this is actually a fairly common occurance, only in the opposite direction. For years, because most advertising firms used Macs, whenever you saw a computer in a magazine or newspaper, etc., if you looked at the screen it would be a MacOS screen, regardless of what kind of computer it was. I've even seen ads for computer companies that make Windows machines that had Mac screens put on them in their ads. I still wonder if that type of 'error' was ever caught...

that would explain why every time you see like a person using the internet in like a news segment regardless of the comp, its always IE mac edition.

[tazo]

Originally posted by maradong
neither do i



lol :D

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by tazo
Ironically, many people enjoy working with problems, if no one did then who would the mechanics of the world be, or even the tech. consultants?

-tazo

The purpose of consultants is to solve problems. Once the problem (or 'challenge' as we prefer to call them) is surmounted, the consultant is technically out of a job.

As a management consultant, I've had to manage technical consultants often, and I've had a few that would farg things up just a little so they could get an extra week of billable time (utilization) here and there. And they love Microsoft stuff because it's so easy to farg, and to cover one's tracks due to the overbuilt nature of the software.

[macfan22m]

My favorite PC diss...

Why do you have to go to the start menu to shutdown?

[tazo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-tazo

The purpose of consultants is to solve problems. Once the problem (or 'challenge' as we prefer to call them) is surmounted, the consultant is technically out of a job.

As a management consultant, I've had to manage technical consultants often, and I've had a few that would farg things up just a little so they could get an extra week of billable time (utilization) here and there. And they love Microsoft stuff because it's so easy to farg, and to cover one's tracks due to the overbuilt nature of the software.

lol, i am aware of the point and goal of a consultant in the tech industry, why you took the time to write out such is beyond me.

and getting back on topic......

[mnkeybsness]

a friend of mine (female...kinda ditzy) went on my computer, was apple to bring up the dock, only to ask me...

"where's the internet?"

note...i use safari :D she thought that internet explorer was the only thing that used the internet

[Giaguara]

:D maybe i should add to these questions even asking me out. i'm too mac person to go out with a pc user ... and it feels soooo damn good to answer "soddy dude, get a computer.." when they are just trying to take a girl out and impress her with their lousy dell... dell no, no pc users for me!!! ;)

[Giaguara]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
A PC user once told me that the mac world was not getting the most current version of the internet because AOL was on a lower version for the Mac.

:D :D :D :D

Haha! that's kool .. made me remember my signature in appleinsider:

Choose a Mac. Choose iPod, Keynote, Safari, high caffeine and no sleep. Choose matching signatures. Choose the threads in a range of fscking arguments. Choose no one in your vB buddylist. Choose Stevewear, dsl and your neighbors bandwidth. Choose sitting behind your Mac looking at mind-numbing, spirit-crushing flames, rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in some miserable flaming, nothing more than embarassment to the selfish, fscked up lusers that dial up with AOL. Choose AppleOutsider.

[DreaminDirector]

Yeah, I had no idea what to say to such ignorance. I just shook my head.

Nice sig. A mac version of the Trainspotting mantra.

[tazo]

and getting back on topic... :D

[Snowy_River]

Recently, at my birthday party, someone brought over a CD with some MPG files of others at the party in somewhat compromising situations (doing odd things playing a variant of Truth or Dare, and such things). Well, I popped the disk into my iBook, plugged it into my TV, and we watched the movies on the TV. Everyone was really impressed by that, but the best part was that one person fell in love with the Dock. He kept wanting me to move the mouse pointer over the Dock again and again, so that he could watch it zooming. Then he asked his wife why they didn't have a Dock on their computer. She said 'Well, we have Windows."

[billyboy]

Another Spanish PC pirate faux pas.

He asks if I can open this .exe file. I say no I havent got the software yet.

He looks at me with his smug "Mac is crap grin", so I ask him when his birthday is.

UH?

Tell me when your birthday is and I'll start saving for a nice present for you - by the way where do you think Ill get the best deal on some software that will let your PC emulate my Mac?

[PC Clone]

Originally posted by billyboy
Another Spanish PC pirate faux pas.
Tell me when your birthday is and I'll start saving for a nice present for you - by the way where do you think Ill get the best deal on some software that will let your PC emulate my Mac?
Ouch you really got him there huh!? Hyuk hyuk hyuk! :p

[billyboy]

Yeah, it gave me no pleasure whatsoever... not

[tazo]

I have got a new one, I was talking to a very pro-PC person, and he was like "Why would I want a new ipod? Its too light and its ugly" :o :rolleyes:

[XnavxeMiyyep]

Originally posted by tazo
I have got a new one, I was talking to a very pro-PC person, and he was like "Why would I want a new ipod? Its too light and its ugly" :o :rolleyes:
Yea, it's always bad when things you carry around are too light...

[tazo]

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
Yea, it's always bad when things you carry around are too light...

I of course told the guy that.; but hey why do so many people use pc's? They like dealing with problems :p

[tazo]

Come on people :)

[Freg3000]

I have a very honest PC friend, who used to ask a lot of dumb questions, but I have shown him the light. His last question wasn't a bad question, just a shockling honest one.

After showing him iMovie 3, he asked: "So, when is Microsoft going to steal this and put it into Movie Maker."

I died laughing. :) Too bad its true.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by tazo
I have got a new one, I was talking to a very pro-PC person, and he was like "Why would I want a new ipod? Its too light and its ugly" :o :rolleyes: heh. they're just jealous because they can't afford it. it's like pen|s envy, only reversed.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
heh. they're just jealous because they can't afford it. it's like pen|s envy, only reversed.

umm ok whats on ur mind :) :)

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by tazo
umm ok whats on ur mind :) :) dude. that's a psychological term, not a dirty joke. so the real question is, what's on yours? :o

[tazo]

dude its a joke. no need to get all cool. :o

[tazo]

and now getting back on topic...

[shadowfax]

i know it was a joke. i was just turning the joke back on you. sorry, forgot to put ice-breaking smilies on it, i fixed it now though.

[tazo]

its ok man, lets get back on topic here.


Come on people lets keep posting :P

[benixau]

not a question, but a statement:

"Oh hang on, you have to actually buy your software"

[CrackedButter]

I was telling a friend that OSX has less viruses for that platform when compared to XP.

He said he would go and find a virus and give it to me on disk so i could "willingly" infect my machine.

This was 3 weeks ago, i'm still waiting...

On a windows machine all i would need to do is open Kazaa.

[CrackedButter]

Sorry to double post but this one time me and my friends were discussing macs because one of our friends was getting a new laptop so of course i was bating for the Apple side while my other friend was bating for windows.

My friend while in discussion went on to say that "With macs you cannot do anything".

I replied by asking "What do you want to do"?

"Play games".

While this is true to an extent, you don't spend £1300 on a windows machine to play games when there are consoles for sale for less than 10% of the price in my country.

Anyway Command & Conquer Generals and Diablo2 must be that good to warrant a wintel! In the end he bought a 15" Toshiba...what a waste.

Btw the title of this thread should be "PC users stupid questions and statments".

[tazo]

Originally posted by CrackedButter

Btw the title of this thread should be "PC users stupid questions and statments".


I agree however I don't think you can change it once people have replied.

[tazo]

Ok i was in MSN messenger with a friend and he asked me why I did not go to a website we used to frequent anymore, I said now I got to macrumors.com, and this is the conversation from the point I mentioned this thread:

Note: I am PC=Bad, my friend is the other person in the convo.


PC=Bad says:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26640&perpage=25&pagenumber=1
PC=Bad says:
I am the creator of that thread, Tazo
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lol
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What IS Mac?
PC=Bad says:
are u joking?
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I'm honestly not I've never really known...
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I've had a PC since I was about 9, so I've never looked into Macs
PC=Bad says:
you dont know what an Apple is?
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I just thought it was a make of PC I only ever saw like, 1, and that was before we bought the PC. Didn'; know any better
PC=Bad says:
ok I don't even know where to begin
PC=Bad says:
ok
PC=Bad says:
umm
PC=Bad says:
are you in the uk?
PC=Bad says:
well no matter
PC=Bad says:
http://www.apple.com/store
PC=Bad says:
Apples are the most reliable computers. They don't crash as often as PC's, they look much cooler, they are faster in some things, they come with a bunch of great free applications, and many other great features.
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Cool
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How much are they#?
PC=Bad says:
Macs also maintain a resale value unknown to the pc user world, due to the fact that they (Apple) do not come out with a new model every other week
PC=Bad says:
There cheapest computer is 800 US dollars, although a refurbished one of the same model is about 700 US dollars
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lol
PC=Bad says:
They go from about 800-over 3000 USD
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******
PC=Bad says:
Well if you look at Dell they also sell similarly priced computers
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I got my PC for £470. About 700 dollars, I think
PC=Bad says:
True, but that is not the top of the line is it?
PC=Bad says:
I am sure the 800 dollar machine I mentioned would be more than comparable to your machine. And remember
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Top of the line would cost about 1400
PC=Bad says:
um no
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I had about 500 lol
PC=Bad says:
go to dell.com or something, go look at there top of the line 8250 line. Put 1 gig of ram in there, their fastest processor, a dvd burner, at least 120 gigs of hard drive, and you will come pretty close to the top of t he line apple
PC=Bad says:
Also, that 3000 dollar computer also contains their top of the line specs, its not like that is there bottom of the line entry level computer.
PC=Bad says:
ahh why am I telling this to you. anyway. You are just going to start saying things like "macs suck. i can get a cheaper pc."
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I dunno, I'm open to new things
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I just know nothing at all about Macs
PC=Bad says:
well thats good
PC=Bad says:
go browse arround Apple.com
PC=Bad says:
learn about em
PC=Bad says:
:P

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by CrackedButter
I was telling a friend that OSX has less viruses for that platform when compared to XP.

He said he would go and find a virus and give it to me on disk so i could "willingly" infect my machine.

This was 3 weeks ago, i'm still waiting...

On a windows machine all i would need to do is open Kazaa.

Hey, I got a virus for Mac OS X in my email a few weeks back. It was a virus 'on the honor system'. The contents of the email was a simple text message:


This is an email virus for Mac OS X. It works on the honor system. Please start deleting random files on your system and forward this message to everyone in your address book.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
post

that is hilarious :P :D

[tazo]

Ok people new question still related to it:

Do you get mad when your friends or colleagues or what not make these statements? If not, how do you broach the subject? Do you try and calmly tell them the error of their ways? Or rather do you just scoff and walk away?]


I am quite interested to know. However still keep the original pc user statements coming!

[job]

"Wow, it's a real computer? I didn't think those were real."

- My friend, upon seeing blueberry iMac DV.

"Do it again!"

- Above friend, after seeing Dock Magnification for the first time.

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by tazo
Ok people new question still related to it:

Do you get mad when your friends or colleagues or what not make these statements? If not, how do you broach the subject? Do you try and calmly tell them the error of their ways? Or rather do you just scoff and walk away?]


I am quite interested to know. However still keep the original pc user statements coming!

-Tazo

Damn good question, one that I think needed to be asked.

I'll tell you what I do when confronted with a clearly biased question/statement:

I put on my consulting hat and ask with all sincerity: "What makes you say that?" or "Why do you think that?"

Then I wait for an answer, usually at this point, due to my non-fanatical response (they were expecting a knee-jerk), they stutter a second, and their mind opens a bit.

And we talk about it...

[tazo]

Patrick,

I am glad to see that you take the subject at hand and deal with it calmly. I have heard an administator at my school, an avid mac user, curse people because they asked what we would consider, a dumb question. If more mac users behaved like you and I do, dealing calmly with the issues PC users face upon entering mac-land, then much less confusion would be created. Just my 2 cents.

[DreaminDirector]

I do the mostly the same. When it's someone who just doesn't know, I give an amused smile then try to show them that the mac can do otherwise.

However, my friends who usually opening attack my mac (even though it's built them web sites and promo videos), get the phrase "you're an idiot..." and a small head shake in amazement. Then we usually laugh and everything moves on.

[patrick0brien]

-Gents (tazo, DreaminDirector)

I find that most people don't like being fooled, and additionally can't live with the knowledge that that may have happened.

My asking "What makes you say that?" or "Why do you think that?" opens the door in their mind that maybe they bought into some marketing, and more often than not, they'll lose the smirk, pull up a chair, and ask me to show them something.

Yes, I'm preying on their insecurities, but, with the Wintel Hegemony publically throwing billions at the marketing machine, am I really preying? Or simply providing an alternative.

Now think about what I just said - that, is what I provide to the biased smirker.

And, at least, they seem to listen. Level-headedness always keeps respect - even if that respect is a "surface-charge" respect.

[DreaminDirector]

Well said, patrick0brien.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by tazo
Ok people new question still related to it:

Do you get mad when your friends or colleagues or what not make these statements? If not, how do you broach the subject? Do you try and calmly tell them the error of their ways? Or rather do you just scoff and walk away?]


I am quite interested to know. However still keep the original pc user statements coming!


I always start from a level headed stand point. In general, I call myself a Mac Advocate, as distiguished from a Mac Fan. As a Mac Advocate, I consider it my job to educate others as to the strengths of Macintosh computers, and also to their weaknesses. I've had several friends that have come to me seeking advice about what kind of computer to buy. After talking to them for a little while, I determined that a PC really was what they needed for whatever reason, and to suggest that they buy a Mac would have done them a disservice, and added one more person to the ranks of people who say 'Macs Suck!'. And even in instances like these, I always say 'well, if you didn't have to do XYZ, I'd recommend that you get a Mac for these reasons... But, since you do have to do XYZ, you clearly need to run Windows, so the system I'd recommend would be...'. They leave with an understanding that Macs are capable of doing everything that Windows is capable of, but there are some minor compatibility issues. ('XYZ' is usually a piece of software that they need to be able to run for compatibilty with work or school, or what-have-you. Yes, I could suggest VPC, but I have many reasons to be reluctant to do this, among others, for someone who isn't very computer literate, I really find VPC too much of a load.)

[maradong]

This is an email virus for Mac OS X. It works on the honor system. Please start deleting random files on your system and forward this message to everyone in your address book

lol :D

[tazo]

these are all really great, detailed and thoughtful posts; they are a joy to read :)

keep em coming people :p

[patrick0brien]

-All

Oh, here's a great one! I just admitted to myself that a 512mb SO-DIMM for my 12PB is irresistable at $100 to buy now, instead of waiting for the 1gb SO-DIMMs to get reasonable, so I ordered one.

I then went to my IT department looking for the mini-screwdrivers that I will need when it get's here tomorrow.

The comment when I asked was:

"I don't think I have any screwdrivers that are Mac-Compatible."

I can see what he meant, he was wondering if there was a proprietary TORX-style screw, but the way he worded it was funny on so many levels.

Just repeat that to yourself a few times, it gets funnier every time.
"I don't think I have any screwdrivers that are Mac-Compatible."
"I don't think I have any screwdrivers that are Mac-Compatible."
"I don't think..."

[Foxer]

Originally posted by tazo
these are all really great, detailed and thoughtful posts; they are a joy to read :)

keep em coming people :p

tazo-dude,

Are you getting paid to keep this thread going? It's cool and all, but everytime I check in to see new posts it's you egging us on to keep posting when the thread has been quite for a few hours.;)

That being said, I asked the dumbest question I ever heard on about a Mac. Several years ago, when i was getting up the nerve to switch (back) to Macs after spending the '90's on PCs, I asked the dealer the infamous, "Can I use the internet in the same manner I can on the PC?"

From our point of view, it's a dumb question. From the point of view of someone who hadn't used an Apple since 1989, just a precautionary one. I mean, who would think that a video bought in Britain wouldn't work on a US TV? They're exactly the same, but through it in your machine and...

[vouder17]

I get some really dumb question , cos where i have a part time job many people see my computer and u won't believe some of the questions!!!
I have a 233mhz imac:

1) "Where's the tower????" .........."No there is no Tower"..........."oh ok" (dumbass PC users)

2) "Is this computer made for playing songs?"

3) The floppy question is a popular question?

4) "My computer is WAY faster than yours because I am Windows and yours is only 233mhz"...........This question just irratates the hell out of me!!!

5) "You can't get any games for Mac and the ones u do get are like double the price, right?"

Well that is just a preview of some of the questions i get..... I do feel sorry for them(PC users) sometimes.

[tazo]

Originally posted by Foxer
tazo-dude,

Are you getting paid to keep this thread going? It's cool and all, but everytime I check in to see new posts it's you egging us on to keep posting when the thread has been quite for a few hours.;)

That being said, I asked the dumbest question I ever heard on about a Mac. Several years ago, when i was getting up the nerve to switch (back) to Macs after spending the '90's on PCs, I asked the dealer the infamous, "Can I use the internet in the same manner I can on the PC?"

From our point of view, it's a dumb question. From the point of view of someone who hadn't used an Apple since 1989, just a precautionary one. I mean, who would think that a video bought in Britain wouldn't work on a US TV? They're exactly the same, but through it in your machine and...

nope not getting paid but I just want people to keep posting. :P come on people... jk jkj :)

[Snowy_River]

Okay, how about this...

I went over to Circuit City tonight to get a set of speakers to use with my iPod and my PowerBook. When I asked for external speakers, the store clerk asked me what kind of speakers I was looking for. I told him that I wanted a set of speakers to use with my iPod, and I held it up, and with my PowerBook. Then he said

"Oh. I'm sorry, we don't have any speakers that are compatible with Apples."

Well, I just asked where their computer speakers were, and he pointed to the area, but again assured me that they weren't compatible. I made one attempt to inform him to the contrary, but he was obstinant. Oh well. I got some nice speakers that I'm using to listen to my iPod right now...

[tazo]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Okay, how about this...

I went over to Circuit City tonight to get a set of speakers to use with my iPod and my PowerBook. When I asked for external speakers, the store clerk asked me what kind of speakers I was looking for. I told him that I wanted a set of speakers to use with my iPod, and I held it up, and with my PowerBook. Then he said

"Oh. I'm sorry, we don't have any speakers that are compatible with Apples."

Well, I just asked where their computer speakers were, and he pointed to the area, but again assured me that they weren't compatible. I made one attempt to inform him to the contrary, but he was obstinant. Oh well. I got some nice speakers that I'm using to listen to my iPod right now...

That is a great story :)

[maradong]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Okay, how about this...

I went over to Circuit City tonight to get a set of speakers to use with my iPod and my PowerBook. When I asked for external speakers, the store clerk asked me what kind of speakers I was looking for. I told him that I wanted a set of speakers to use with my iPod, and I held it up, and with my PowerBook. Then he said

"Oh. I'm sorry, we don't have any speakers that are compatible with Apples."

Well, I just asked where their computer speakers were, and he pointed to the area, but again assured me that they weren't compatible. I made one attempt to inform him to the contrary, but he was obstinant. Oh well. I got some nice speakers that I'm using to listen to my iPod right now...

i don t know what circuit city is. but that man has to be fired :D sad but true.

"They missiped the porcessor name" showing the amount of ram in the sys preferences. shoul be a p4

[tazo]

I don't get the joke in your statement maradong, could you explain?

-tazo

[5300cs]

I dunno how I forgot this one ..

The nimrod IT guy at the IT joint I worked at, when asked about using AirPort to hook up to their network: "I don't think your Apple will be able to use our pc router" There's no such thing as a pc-router, numb-nuts :rolleyes: This was a few minutes after I'd already gotten into their Win2K Adv. Server .. gee, administrator/password, there's a toughy.

He used to work for M$ back state-side though, which explains the lack of taste and brain cells.

[tazo]

Originally posted by 5300cs
I dunno how I forgot this one ..

The nimrod IT guy at the IT joint I worked at, when asked about using AirPort to hook up to their network: "I don't think your Apple will be able to use our pc router" There's no such thing as a pc-router, numb-nuts :rolleyes: This was a few minutes after I'd already gotten into their Win2K Adv. Server .. gee, administrator/password, there's a toughy.

He used to work for M$ back state-side though, which explains the lack of taste and brain cells.
See this is the area of ads that thw switcher campaign did cover. apple really needed to disestablish the erroneous idea that there is pc only hardware for like speakers, or routers. True the ads were humorous, but ifd you have seen that pciture where it says "if you build a mac designed for idiots, only idiots will want to use it", then one can realize where the ads went wrong. Apple in a sense has a good and bad ad department; good in that people remember them, bad in that they all dont live up to their full potential :cool:

[maradong]

Originally posted by tazo
I don't get the joke in your statement maradong, could you explain?

-tazo

hm
i opened sys preferences to show a friend of mine some specs.
As soon as he read G4, he said, apple is to bad, they even mistype the processor name. It should be pentium ( p4 ) not g4 !
Now you know why i don t use mac.

got it now ?

[5300cs]

Originally posted by maradong
hm
i opened sys preferences to show a friend of mine some specs.
As soon as he read G4, he said, apple is to bad, they even mistype the processor name. It should be pentium ( p4 ) not g4 !
Now you know why i don t use mac.

got it now ?

Christ on a trike .. shove him out the window!!:rolleyes:

I can MAYBE understand people's confusion about PC > Mac emails and such, but hardware like routers and hubs .. that's just dumb.

[tazo]

Thanks, you had just butchered the text so badly maradong, that originally I could not even get it., Now that I do, thats a great story. lol

[DreaminDirector]

That story was pretty good. It just amazes me that PC people believe that everything runs on Windows and Pentiums. As if there is no other alternative. I just saw the Matrix: Reloaded and all I can think of is "Free your mind" PC people.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by maradong
i don t know what circuit city is. but that man has to be fired :D sad but true.


Circuit City is a nation wide electronics super-store, here in the US. They sell everything from game systems to computers to car stereos to TVs to... (you get the picture). They pride themselves on hiring only very technically adept people, so this guys ignorance really took me offguard. Oh well. I don't remember his name and didn't think to suggest he be fired before I left. I guess he'll get to keep working there for now...

[frozenstar]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Circuit City is a nation wide electronics super-store, here in the US. They sell everything from game systems to computers to car stereos to TVs to... (you get the picture). They pride themselves on hiring only very technically adept people, so this guys ignorance really took me offguard. Oh well. I don't remember his name and didn't think to suggest he be fired before I left. I guess he'll get to keep working there for now...

I can't imagine why you would shop there to begin with. It is the most overpriced consumer electronics store I have ever seen. On average, I get my equipment for about 2/3 the price of what they charge.

[macfreek57]

i like the ones that don't involve actual fact, are totally base-less, and come from second-hand information (like most):
"don't macs like crash a lot more than pc's?"

here's one for those who remember the days of resedit:
"jpeg doesn't have 4 letters, it has 3!"(condescending laughter ensues)

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by frozenstar
I can't imagine why you would shop there to begin with. It is the most overpriced consumer electronics store I have ever seen. On average, I get my equipment for about 2/3 the price of what they charge.

Some of their stuff is over priced, but I have often found that if I'm careful what I'm getting there I can get good deals. I always shop around, and the speakers that I got from them were the cheapest good quality (I say so, now having them and listening to them) that I found. The knowledge of the sales staff, well, that's another matter...

[frozenstar]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Some of their stuff is over priced, but I have often found that if I'm careful what I'm getting there I can get good deals. I always shop around, and the speakers that I got from them were the cheapest good quality (I say so, now having them and listening to them) that I found. The knowledge of the sales staff, well, that's another matter...

I certainly agree on the sales side of things. You'd be lucky to find an employee in the cell phone department that even knows the difference between GSM and CDMA.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Some of their stuff is over priced, but I have often found that if I'm careful what I'm getting there I can get good deals. I always shop around, and the speakers that I got from them were the cheapest good quality (I say so, now having them and listening to them) that I found. The knowledge of the sales staff, well, that's another matter...

In fact, I just did an internet price comparison on the speakers that I got from Circuit City, and their price is the lowest available.

[patrick0brien]

-Gents

No offense or the appearance of being a stick-in-the mud intended, but in Tazo's words:

Topic! :D

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Gents

No offense or the appearance of being a stick-in-the mud intended, but in Tazo's words:

Topic! :D


:p

[Geronimo]

I'm being serious here: "Can Macs get on the internet?"

[markjones05]

No, they can't. For serious. I'm not posting from my mac right now. Because it doesn't have internet. Buy a Windows machine they kick ass....

[MacsRgr8]

I've heard this one a couple of times:

"Oh that's a Mac. Nice. But where is the PC to do your work on?"

[Snowy_River]

While this thread is fun, and I have contributed a few things to it, I don't deal with Windows people much any more. In my department the main network, etc., is based off of Linux. Individuals can choose to work with Windows, Linux, or MacOS on their machines. But my office happens to be right next to the offices for the network admins. So, I get a lot of harassment about using a Mac. (On the plus side, I've also earned the reputation as the person to ask if you have a Mac question. The network admins frequently refer people to me, and when they do and I help out, they are nice to me for a while. Also, they dislike Windows as much as we do...)

[tazo]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
That story was pretty good. It just amazes me that PC people believe that everything runs on Windows and Pentiums. As if there is no other alternative. I just saw the Matrix: Reloaded and all I can think of is "Free your mind" PC people.

There was a part in the movie, I wanted to yell out, it's run on windows; i forgot what part it was. something about the system. anyway.

I'm being serious here: "Can Macs get on the internet?"
LMAO! I was talking to someone today and he was like, Macs suck because you cannot upgrade them. he then pointed to the imac and is like, you can only have one drive in em, i can stick like 5 in my pc. So then i told him apple has towers, with AGP and PCI slots, and room for 4 hard drives and 2 drives, i went to show him the towers at apple.com; he then shut up. :) I get that comment a lot actually, that 'there is no upgradeability'. My friend had never heard of any mac besides the iMac and thought it was the only one they made. dear. god. lol

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Gents

No offense or the appearance of being a stick-in-the mud intended, but in Tazo's words:

Topic!

Hey thats my line. lol :P

Originally posted by
Frozenstar

I can't imagine why you would shop there to begin with. It is the most overpriced consumer electronics store I have ever seen. On average, I get my equipment for about 2/3 the price of what they charge.

I vehemently disagree with this for many reasons. Not that your claim is entirely without merit, but can you reveal your source for this 2/3 off? Lol. And I can get it for 3/3 discount, but so can anyway-steal. lol.

[dswoodley]

This just happened 10 minutes ago!

Our office receptionist started admiring my 12" Powerbook as I was using iPhoto to manage about 300 pics taken at a staff event. She asked a bunch of really interested questions and then said she wanted to get a Pbook.

I said "you won't regret getting a mac."

She said "It's a mac? Oh nevermind, I don't like Macs."

WTH?

[DreaminDirector]

I think the part in Matrix: Reloaded was when they said "obsolete programs writing other obsolete programs". It was something like that, I can't remember exactly....

Yeah, I thought that too....

[5300cs]

Originally posted by dswoodley
This just happened 10 minutes ago!

Our office receptionist started admiring my 12" Powerbook as I was using iPhoto to manage about 300 pics taken at a staff event. She asked a bunch of really interested questions and then said she wanted to get a Pbook.

I said "you won't regret getting a mac."

She said "It's a mac? Oh nevermind, I don't like Macs."

WTH?

ditz .. let her get a piece of crap then :rolleyes:
I 've always thought that women have good design sense, so when they go "eww! a Mac!" it makes me want to spill coffee on their nice clothes

[Dunepilot]

My favourite was when i was working at a computer retailer that decided to get in the original bondi iMacs, once they realised there was money to be made (they'd stopped stocking Apple products altogether a couple of years previously).

When a customer came in and asked about Apple computers one of my fellow salespeople piped up and said, "no, Apple doesn't exist any more, they went bust and were bought up by a company called iMac".

of course they were:rolleyes:

[DreaminDirector]

Now that's funny! So many people think Apple went bust in the late 90's. I guess if it wasn't for the return of Mr. Jobs, they would have.....

[Freg3000]

Originally posted by Dunepilot
My favourite was when i was working at a computer retailer that decided to get in the original bondi iMacs, once they realised there was money to be made (they'd stopped stocking Apple products altogether a couple of years previously).

When a customer came in and asked about Apple computers one of my fellow salespeople piped up and said, "no, Apple doesn't exist any more, they went bust and were bought up by a company called iMac".

of course they were:rolleyes:

That is too funny. I feel bad for people's ignorance. But what can you do......I know.....advertise!!! (hint hint, Apple)

[PC Clone]

http://macnet2.com/more.php?id=338_0_1_0

Free your mind...




http://www.misplaced.net/~obremski/whine/Switch-384.wmv :D

[tazo]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
I think the part in Matrix: Reloaded was when they said "obsolete programs writing other obsolete programs". It was something like that, I can't remember exactly....

Yeah, I thought that too....

It was something along those lines; the urge was almost unbearable to shout something out. lol. :p

My favourite was when i was working at a computer retailer that decided to get in the original bondi iMacs, once they realised there was money to be made (they'd stopped stocking Apple products altogether a couple of years previously).

When a customer came in and asked about Apple computers one of my fellow salespeople piped up and said, "no, Apple doesn't exist any more, they went bust and were bought up by a company called iMac".

of course they were
I have heard that, or well that type of thing along those lines that the company is iMac and they only make the one familiar CRT model. Augh. Sometimes it makes me sick. lol

[job]

A very attractive young woman once called my iMac "a sexy piece of hardware."

Ahhhh....the subliminal connotations of that one line. ;)

[tazo]

Originally posted by job
A very attractive young woman once called my iMac "a sexy piece of hardware."

Ahhhh....the subliminal connotations of that one line. ;)

it be funny if she said to an ibook that u had in your lap, or even an ipod :D

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by 5300cs
ditz .. let her get a piece of crap then :rolleyes:
I 've always thought that women have good design sense, so when they go "eww! a Mac!" it makes me want to spill coffee on their nice clothes

Didn't we discuss earlier the need to avoid this kind of attitude? I mean seriously, she obviously didn't know what she was talking about. Clearly, she did like Macs, but didn't understand that. She merely needed educating.

[5300cs]

Originally posted by tazo
it be funny if she said to an ibook that u had in your lap, or even an ipod :D

Somebody referring to my past experiences? :D

[5300cs]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Didn't we discuss earlier the need to avoid this kind of attitude? I mean seriously, she obviously didn't know what she was talking about. Clearly, she did like Macs, but didn't understand that. She merely needed educating.

I could educate her with some Dunkin' Donuts down the front of her blouse! hahah:D

In all honesty, if I'd had the same conversation I would've had a normal discussion with her dispelling myths and spreading the gospel. I mean, she's already half way there, just needs a little truth put in her head.

Actions speak louder than words, so I usually just pop out the iBook and let it speak for itself.;)

[tazo]

Originally posted by 5300cs
Somebody referring to my past experiences? :D

as 5300cs uses his ipod, which rests in his lap, he overhears several women pointing to it, commenting how small it is. :p sorry couldnt resist.

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by tazo
Hey thats my line. lol :P


-Tazo buddy!

Indeed it is! Were you lying down on the job? You know how these threads can steer into wild, wierd, and wacky subjects, or even <gasp!> politics!

Oh, I...umm. I guess I'll get back...on topic. :D

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by tazo
as 5300cs uses his ipod, which rests in his lap, he overhears several women pointing to it, commenting how small it is. :p sorry couldnt resist.

I guess that this would be a reason for getting a 17" PB. Then you'd get comments about how big and beautiful it is... :D

[MacsRgr8]

Do you lot think that if everybody were "computer-educated" enough to make a well thought out choice of computer purchase all by him/her-self, that Apple's marketshare would be gr8ter?

The stories (funny as they are) about no-knows actually make me feel concerned. If no PC/Mac dealer's salesman know anything about a Mac, HOW THE H*LL IS HE/SHE GOING TO SELL IT?

Maybe the advertizing which is actually done by Apple (by no means enough over here, anyway....:mad: ) should shift in subject. They always talk about "cool stuff" or "how easy it is".... but nothing about "it can do everything a PC can running XP, and also cooler, and easier" :cool: If they do, well.... the message isn't clear to most of 'em.

[tazo]

I agree with you Macrg8. it is a shame that apple does not promote the true features that pc users think macs don't have. they need to show people playing games, surfind the internet, hooking up easily to networ,s etc, etc. Having people say the mac doesnt eat my report is not enough to get people to use macs. Honestly apple, it is about time you get your act together and fire the monkeys in advertising.

[tazo]

oh and I almost forgot:
lets get back on topic people

sorry couldn't resist Patty, :P


-tazo

[patrick0brien]

-Tazo

Touche :p

Hey bud, it's your thread. And it's a damn good one. I understand.

Here's a 'worst question':

"Why can't you record music <for composition purposes> on a Mac"

Why can't we legalize what he was smoking?

[tazo]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-Tazo

Touche :p

Hey bud, it's your thread. And it's a damn good one. I understand.

Here's a 'worst question':

"Why can't you record music <for composition purposes> on a Mac"

Why can't we legalize what he was smoking?

Thx for all the compliments:p I try, and I would like to thank my manager.... jk

Recently I have found out that some people try and mess with me, since they know I am an avid mac user. They will be like wanna come over play that new game? I know ya feel deprived since u can't play games on the mac. lol. stuff like that. :p

[evilsprung]

this thread is gay

[vniow]

Originally posted by evilsprung
this thread is gay

No, I am.

[tazo]

Originally posted by evilsprung
this thread is gay

I doubt its happy so I am assuming you are using gay in a negative term. And if this thread is so gay, then why have well over 200 people replied, and almost 7000 times have people taken the time to view the thread? Stupid threads do not get that much attention.

Also, btw I smell a pc troll, what kind of pc do u use evilsprung?

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by evilsprung
this thread is gay

-All

Due to the fact that evilsprung took the time to go to the trouble of reading, then posting, somewhat negates the argument.

Would this terse comment qualify as a 'worst thing' even though it's not phased as a question?

OT: vniow, you're gay? Wow. The things one can learn in an environment of relative anonimity.

Darn. I was going to make a pass too :D :D

[vniow]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
OT: vniow, you're gay? Wow. The things one can learn in an environment of relative anonimity.

Darn. I was going to make a pass too :D :D

Okay, I'm technically bi, but I tend to lean towards women, not that I'm at all opposed to men though...

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by vniow
Okay, I'm technically bi, but I tend to lean towards women, not that I'm at all opposed to men though...

-vniow

Good! I suppose I still have a chance then! :D

Anyway, back on topic...

"Arent Macs based on the metric system?"

Forgot about that one.

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by evilsprung
this thread is gay i'm just curious, how is this possible? are the posters all gay? does this thread have a member that you like to do unmentionable things to or put in places equally unmentionable? i mean, good gracious!

[phaeton]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-krhodus

I'm pretty sure XP screws up every computer it's installed on.

:D


believe it or not
i own a windows nt version installable on x86, ppc and risc processors. although i never tried...

[laukev7]

I once saw an ad for computer skills in a local newspaper. Stuff, such as learning how to use Windoze, Word 2000, internet, etc. Funny thing is, it showed a picture of a Performa. Pathetic. :rolleyes:

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by tazo
Recently I have found out that some people try and mess with me, since they know I am an avid mac user. They will be like wanna come over play that new game? I know ya feel deprived since u can't play games on the mac. lol. stuff like that. :p

I have people give me a hard time, too. The most annoying was one guy giving me an acronym for Macintosh. It bugged me so much that I've never forgotten it...

Most
Applications
Crash
In
No
Time
Or the
System
Hangs

Of course, back then it was easier to push my buttons. I was a little more of a 'fan' then, as opposed to being an 'advocate' now.


91...

[Bengt77]

Originally posted by PC Clone
http://macnet2.com/more.php?id=338_0_1_0

Free your mind...

Ouch!

:(

[Bengt77]

Originally posted by 5300cs
Somebody referring to my past experiences? :D

Story, please!

:o

[Bengt77]

Originally posted by phaeton
believe it or not
i own a windows nt version installable on x86, ppc and risc processors. although i never tried...

Wow! I was looking for that once, but couldn't find it anywhere. Could you post it somewhere? Upload it for us all to download and try if it works on Mac hardware?

That would be great!

:rolleyes:

[Bengt77]

Conversation I had at school the other day:

"You got a Mac, right?"
"Yes, I do."
"How's it with them files?"
"What files?"
"Well, you know ... files."
Ummm, yeah. But what kind of files?"
"Well, like, JPEGs and text, 'n stuff."
"Yeah, what about them?"
"Can you open them? I guess not; a Mac can't do that, can it?"
"Riiiiiiiight..."


Another person asking quite a dumb question:

"Why did you buy an iMac?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, the only thing you can do with it is surf the internet, right?"
"Ummm, no, not exactly. It's just another computer. It just doesn't run Windows, but that doesn't mean it can't do the stuff you do with your PC!"
"Yeah, right. Well, I bet you can't play MP3s, now can you?!..."
"Sure I can. Why wouldn't I be able to do that?"
"Well, then at least you can't open Office files. Ha!"
"You know, actually I can. Microsoft makes Office for Mac. And Internet Explorer, and MSN Messenger. Just like they do for Windows..."
"Ummm, oh. Didn't. Know. That. Oh. Well. Right. Whatever!"